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The Road More Travelled

September 29th, 2016

September 29th, 2016 by Tyler Mattheis and James Hardy – Altus Group Ltd. Many businesses and land developers actively seek affordable commercial land with easy access to two or four lane highways. … Full story

Approval of the 2016 East Hants Official Community Plan

September 21st, 2016

Approval of the 2016 East Hants Official Community Plan (Municipal Planning Strategy, Land Use Bylaw, and Subdivision Bylaw) Take Notice that the Council of the Municipality of the District of… Full story

Lantz Promotes Active Living in East Hants with New Skatepark

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (MOUNT UNIACKE, NS) August 27, 2016 – Mt. Uniacke residents joined district councilors Saturday morning to celebrate the grand opening of a new skatepark in their… Full story

BACKGROUNDER – East Hants Aquatic Centre

August 25th, 2016

The Municipality makes every effort to ensure residents understand our decision-making process when developing and implementing major projects. See below for a detailed backgrounder in relation to the new Aquatic… Full story

East Hants Aquatic Centre set to call Commerce Court home

July 28th, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ELMSDALE, NS (July 28, 2016) – At Wednesday evening’s council meeting, councillors approved the purchase of land on Commerce Court, adjacent to the Lloyd E… Full story

False Fire and Burglar Alarm Bylaw

July 27th, 2016

The East Hants Fire Service receives a number of false fire alarms each year. Attending to these false fire alarms takes away from the time fire departments are available to… Full story

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (ELMSDALE, NS) June 23, 2016 – A recent scientific study commissioned by the Municipality of East Hants identifies updated highrisk floodplain lines. The Municipality has received… Full story

Protecting Public Water Supply from Contamination

June 10th, 2016

Backflow Prevention (BFP) devices are required to be installed on all service connections that are deemed by the East Hants Water Utility to present a potential risk of contamination to… Full story

East Hants Creates Three New Recreation Facilities

December 16th, 2015

The Municipality of the District of East Hants is moving ahead with the construction of two Skateboard Parks and a Sport Pad. Warden Jim Smith looks forward to these new… Full story